Day 2: Innsbruck

Rudolfsbrunnen at Boznerplatz



A street in Innsbruck with the ski jump at the end, which makes me wonder if building Olympic statidums everywhere is efficient... I mean, how many ski jumpers are there in the world and how many ski jumps have we built for the winter Olympics!?



Triumphpforte



Altes Landhaus



Annasaeule in the Old Town



Maria-Theresien Strasse



Spitalkirche



Friedrichstrasse



the Golden Roof in the centre of the old town



Helblinghaus



Altes Rathaus mit Stadtturm



colourful houses of Mariahilf on the other side of the river



Ottoburg and Goldener Adler



the Inn river



Stadtarchiv/Stadtmuseum



Dom St Jakob



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Congress Innsbruck



Landestheater (all the buildings should have their name on top like this one~ it'd make identification a lot easier for the tourists :P)



Hofgarten, and people playing giant chess again. Really like the giant chess haha



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Hofburg



Hofkirche and Volkskunstmuseum



inside the Hofburg



Hofgasse



Leopoldsbrunnen



Stifkirche Wilten



being renovated and floor dug out!



Basilika Wilten



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houses on the hill and the ski jump at the top



The train station.

So ends my short 2-day trip of Austria. I've already gone to Graz and Melk, and I think that's enough for a small country like Austria. I just hope I'll actually get to see more of Vienna soon :P

Austria Trip - Day 1: Salzburg

This week I wanted to go see other places in Austria, so I went to Salzburg and Innsbruck. I wanted to take the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, but it was too expensive (29 Euro) so I didn't go... :( I adjusted the exposure last time and thought the camera would reset itself... But of course it didn't and all of the pictures in Salzburg are over exposed... doh!! XP


Hohensalzburg fortress on top of the hill.



a street in Salzburg.



Kajetanerplatz in the Old Town



Church of the Cajetans



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a window display showing the making of a violin



Kapitel horsepond



in Kapitel Platz



people playing giant chess in the square



the church that's simply called "the Cathedral"



a street in the old town



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Hiking up to Hohensalzburg. There's a furnicular car that takes you up to the fortress, but you have to buy the ticket in a bundle with all the entrance fees into the buildings and the tour, which costs 9.6 euros and there are no discounts for students. So I asked the guy at the counter if I could go up there by myself, and he said "sure," and CONVENIENTLY FORGOT to tell me that even if you hike up there, you still have to pay the full price to get into the fortress... Thanks man... How could you leave out a vital piece of information like that, jerk!? I so felt like kicking his a$$ when I hiked all the way up there, to the gate... I'm sure all the other suckers who hiked up with me know what I'm talking about...



so close... yet so far...



view from outside the fortress gate...



Mozartplatz with Carolino Augusteum and a sculpture of Mozart wrapped in plastic (it's not another one of those modern sculptures is it!?)



Residenzplatz



the Residenz



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All the vendors at Domplatz. I bought a chocolate pretzel here :P


St Peter's Abbey, Cemetery and Catacombs



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Museum of Modern Art Rupertinum Salzburg and Church of the Franciscans



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Festival Houses



Collegiate Church



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vendors in Universitaetsplatz



another street in the old town



Getreidegasse



Mozart Geburtshaus!!



can't take pictures inside so I only took a picture of the balcony :S but there isn't much in the house though... all the original furnishing is gone, so there's only some exhibitions



entrance hall



Salzach river



Mozart Wohnhaus



all the original furnishing was gone here too... :S



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Schloss Mirabell



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Mirabellgarten



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(finally no more over exposure!! :P)



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Mirabellgarten, Schloss Mirabell and the Barockmuseum on the right



Landestheater with Marionettentheater and Mozarteum behind it



the old town across the river, with Hohensalzburg



downstream of the old town, with Muellner Kirche



back to the old town, with Haus der Natur and Salzburger Museum



houses in the old town built right against the cliff



streets in the old town



Griesgasse



St Blasius



another horse pond



the toy museum



the tunnel to the other side of the hill



another view of the old town



back to the hostel at the end of the day



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ready to crash... zzzz